Resources

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A government site providing evidenced based information on cancer, heart disease, diabetes, insurance costs, patient safety and quality: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/healthy.html

The AHRQ’s consumer’s site for audio/video podcasts on evidence based practice, clinical practice guidelines, consumer and patient education, quality and patient safety, health plan comparisons, etc.: http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/

The Health and Human Services website providing information on prevention (exercise, diet, immunizations, health screening), diseases, regulations (HIPAA, infection control), preparedness guidelines (pandemics, flu, H1N1 etc.): http://www.hhs.gov/

The Centers for Disease Control site is a cornucopia of helpful information on various diseases/conditions, emergency preparedness guides, environmental health, traveler’s health, workplace safety and many multimedia tools: http://www.cdc.gov/

The Wellness Councils of America provide many helpful downloads for corporate wellness champions and wellness committees: www.welcoa.com

The University of Michigan’s Health Management Research Center provides excellent PowerPoint downloads to help sell the wellness idea and case studies: http://www.umich.edu/~hmrc/

The Partnership for Prevention is a membership organization of businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies advancing policies and practices to prevent disease and improve the health of Americans: www.prevent.org

The National Wellness Institute provides health promotion and wellness professionals with resources and services that fuel professional and personal growth: www.nationalwellness.org

The International Association of Worksite Health Promotion (IAWHP), an affiliate society of the American College of Sports Medicine, provides high-quality information, services, educational activities, personal and professional development and networking opportunities: www.acsm-iawhp.org

Healthy People 2010 provide a framework for prevention for the Nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats: www.healthypeople.gov